A midnight fire has razed one of the biggest market in Ile Ife metropolis, known as Oja Tuntun, destroying multi million-naira goods in various stores.
The fire, as it was gathered started around 11:30 pm on Tuesday from a shop and spread to other parts of the market.
One of the traders identified as Ojuolape Ojogeade who spoke with our correspondent bemoaned the incident.
Meanwhile, it was also learnt that hoodlums took advantage of the incident to loot goods in some stores.
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Some traders who got to the scene early started salvaging their goods from the building.
The cause of the fire was not yet known as at the time of filing this report..
This is coming after another fire incident 8 months razed down the market destroying goods and valuables in the new market.
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